An unlikely All-Star, John Scott happy ASG finally here

I think he’s going to be the most popular player on the ice….

“That’s one of the great things, that our other clubs and organizations will get to experience the enthusiasm that these fans have for hockey in Nashville”, Daly said.

Jagr insisted he wasn’t complaining and that he appreciates fans’ desire to see him, but he said that two weeks shy of his 44th birthday he wanted to be working out in Florida to build strength for the stretch run.

The “Scott” All-Star jerseys are among the hottest items in Nashville. “I have to talk to somebody”.

Some believed that Scott’s selection made a mockery of the selection process because he was a fourth-line player who has five goals in his career. Like previous years, it was up to the fans to vote and select the captains. Sports podcast, then escalated through Reddit. He played for the Arizona Coyotes when he was named an All-Star, but was later traded to Montreal.

Scott, the personable enforcer toiling for now in the minor leagues, stole the show. He has two young daughters and his wife is pregnant with twins.

“It’s definitely odd”, Scott said Friday at one of the more unusual media days for the NHL’s showcase event.

The NHL created this problem and shouldn’t have been surprised by it. Ridiculous fan voting is not a new phenomenon.

Washington will still have three All-Stars, as fellow Russian Evgeny Kuznetsov will replace Ovechkin and join center Nicklas Backstrom and goaltender Braden Holtby in Nashville.

“I think it’s going to be more entertaining”, Giroux said Friday at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tenn. “He just said, ‘We are happy you are here”.

“When you have a player of his caliber, to not be recognized I think it is a little bit of a travesty in some ways that he hasn’t got the attention that he deserves”, Trotz said.

“It was nice to hear that coming from him”.

The 6-foot-8 Scott said he will compete in hardest shot contest.

Okay, so maybe liking the All-Star Game isn’t necessarily the cool thing to do.

As one cynical longtime wag here put it, this year’s NHL All-Star Game featuring John Scott and a 3-on-3 format has “no stars and no hockey”.

Sharks’ defenceman Brent Burns said it was great for fans to learn about Scott’s background.

Around the league Backstrom has a reputation as a very good player. “Don’t underestimate his skill”.

“They’ll never let you play, John”. But he has skill.

At 43, Jagr passed on the fastest skater competition in which Dylan Larkin, 19, Brandon Saad, 23, Erik Karlsson, 25, and Kris Letang, 28 will represent the Eastern Conference. He has a long reach. “I think he was anxious about me not feeling welcomed here and feeling uncomfortable in this whole situation”.

Scott wrote honestly about the struggles of being known only as an enforcer in the National Hockey League, the challenges his family has faced moving to a new city and the extreme dedication it took to get to the point where he is today. It’ll be fun, especially to go against some of these guys. Only six active players have more points a game since he entered the league and they’re the best of the best: Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, Ovechkin, Pavel Datsyuk, Ryan Getzlaf and Patrick Kane.

Now Scott’s helmet is headed to the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto, and his name was trending on Twitter in the United States after a night when he wasn’t listed among the three MVP candidates for a social media vote late in the final game.

“He didn’t ask to be in this place”, Giroux said.

Scott isn’t sure how fans will react.

“They should do something if they don’t want this to happen again”, Scott said. “It’s obviously an anomaly. I guess I’ll have to just wing it”.

John Scott is making it look like he belongs.